bush at the president's request and is also the recipient of the eleanor roosevelt award and second amendment foundation. she refers book called god, the gunman, and me. needless to say, her experience brazen incredibly personal perspective to the issue of firearms policy. please help me welcome our panelists today. [applause] mary katherine ham, qaeda we start with you? >> hello. it is a pleasure to be here. i am a sucker for colorado. anytime you guys need me, just holler. i love it here. and it is a pleasure to be on this panel with folks who frankly know a lot more about this issue that i do, and especially over here, the bonafide hero. is exciting to be here with you guys as well. the toughest fire i go up against. just kidding. last week i did get into a fiery debate. it is actually about as close as i get to biting someone set up on tv because the implied, of course, and you will recognize the strategy, somewhat disappointing to me because there actually friends in real life, he implied that i did not care about victims of gun violence because i happen to believe the second amendment i